Defensive end, Louisville, 2010–⁠13

Marcus Smith

Number: No. 91
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 252 lb
Hometown: Columbus, GA
Born: Mar 31, 1992, in Columbus, Georgia

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Marcus Smith played defensive end at Louisville (2010–⁠13). The Philadelphia Eagles took Smith in the first round, No. 26 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2013; American Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted: No. 26; Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

2013American Defensive Player of the Year

Team titles: Big East champions, 2011 and 2012

All-America: FWAA 2013

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2012	Louisville	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2011^N	10	9	3	12	6.5	5.5	–	–	2	–
2012	13	16	13	29	7	4	1	2	2	2
2013^N	13	33	9	42	18.5	14.5	0	3	4	–
On file		58	25	83	32	24	–	–	8	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2010	Louisville	91	DE
2011	Louisville	91	DE
2012	Louisville	91	DE
2013	Louisville	91	DE	6′3″	252

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Louisville 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 15	vs.North Carolina	W 39–⁠34	1

2010 Louisville 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 0 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Int

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 10–⁠20).

Drill	Combine 2014	Combine or pro day 2014
Height	6′3⅜″
Weight	251 lb
Arm length	34″
Hand size	10″
40-yard dash	4.68 s
10-yard split		1.64 s
Vertical jump	35″
Broad jump	10′1″
Bench press	23 reps
3-cone drill	7.48 s
20-yard shuttle	4.47 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 28 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2014	Philadelphia Eagles	1	–	0
2015	Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	1.5
2016	Philadelphia Eagles	12	16	2.5
2017	Seattle Seahawks	11	15	2.5
NFL career		28	38	6.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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